A pair of reality -TVs sues the city of Los -Angeles after losing home in fires

Jaimie Ding Associated Press

Los -Angeles (AP) -a pair of reality -TV Haydi Montag and Spencer Pratt sue Los -Angeles to court after the loss of Pacific Palisades home on fires that have been torn over South California in recent weeks.

The couple, who rose to the Star Star on the Hill, Sin Laguna spin, filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, together with more than 20 other real estate owners and residents affected by Palisades. The complaint accuses Los -Angeles and his municipal water department of water problems that prevented the efforts of the fire, and says that this ultimately led to the loss of their properties.

The fires of Iton and Palisades, inflamed with strong winds during one of the dried ones of the region, killed 28 people and destroyed more than 12,000 structures, putting them among the most destructive fires in California’s history.

There is intensive control over the dried hydrants and problems with water pressure, which leads to the threat of lawsuits against the city and the water department in Los -Angeles. California Governor Gavin News called on an independent investigation of La Water utility about issues.

The complaint filed by the couple and others mention that the Santa -in reservoir, which serves the Pacific Pacific, was offline and was outside the commission since February 2024 while waiting for repair. Hydrants in the neighborhood were connected to three tanks that kept 1 million gallons (3.7 million liters) of water each and dried for 12 hours, according to the complaint, citing Janissa Kinone, the executive and the chief engineer.

Without water from the reservoir, firefighters had to rely on water tanks that were not designed to combat such a large fire, the complaint said.

The city and water utility did not immediately respond to electronic requests.

While the reservoir was renovated in January 2024, the water utility reported The Los Angeles Times that they would not be completed by April or May 2025.

A lawsuit called Palisades shoots “an inevitable and inevitable consequence of” a water and water control system.

“The system necessarily failed, and this failure was a significant factor in what forced the plaintiffs to suffer the losses provided in this complaint,” the statement said.

The plaintiffs cite the principle known as “reverse condemnation”, which is the same mechanism that requires utility companies to pay for fire losses caused by their equipment.